EP45: Funding Your Business with Customers’ Money with Best-Selling Author John Mullins

Grow and fund your startup using alternatives to VCs

(Recorded Live on Clubhouse February 4, 2022) 

John Mullins, author of The Customer-Funded Business, and Verne Harnish, founder of Entrepreneurs’ Organization joined us on this session to discuss  5 business models for customer funded businesses. Learn how to grow your business without relying on investors or giving away chunks of equity

Moderators: Colin C. Campbell, Michele Van Tilborg, Jeff Sass, Rachael Lashbrook

Speakers: John Mullins, Verne Harnish

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